Toying with some ideas on a DIY gigging outfit. Not a big fan of the sea striker lights and have an idea on some LED lights, but thought I'd see if anyone has their own design that they would be interested in sharing.

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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:28 am Post subject:

I gave up trying to use 12 volt stuff as it is not very bright no matter what I tried. Admittedly, I didn't try led stuff though. I mounted four 600 watt work lights on galvanized pipe so that they can be swung out to light just the front of the boat four lights wide, or I can pull them around and light the sides if I have friends fishing with me. All run off of generator though. Good luck with your project.

I just bought a 17' carolina skiff just for gigging. I built a 40" high detachable rail around the front mainly because I am taking kids ( and drunks) and I mounted 6 spreader lights on the aluminum rail so that it all comes off together. I am not as happy with the lights as I had hoped to be but they work pretty good in 2' or less water. As far as the battery I am with you about the noise so I used 2 6V golf cart batteries. You still get 12V but the amp hrs are much more than a deep cycle 12V battery.
Hope this helps.
12V deepcycle = 110-125 amp hrs
6V X 2 = 450-500 amp hrs.

I used 1" PVC pipe. on the light end i used a couple 100,000 cp lights beleave it or not they screwed right into the female adapter on the end of the pvc. got a peice of foam (used for floating docks). attached it just above the lights, 1" pvs runss thru 2" pvc attached to front of boat. so the light are self adjusting no matter where i am in the boat thy are always in the water. works great... they only draw back is the 2 batteries last about 2-2.5 hours. so i got a low watt honda gen littlee more expensive, but a lot quiter.

we used to use 2 sealed beam car high beam head lights . if you could go to the junk yard and get the whole housing it works best ....... that was a long time ago but now with these small halogen bulbs it should be easy to figure out something_________________Yamaha Powered 23ft Contender
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[quote="coolprofits"]I just bought a 17' carolina skiff just for gigging. I built a 40" high detachable rail around the front mainly because I am taking kids ( and drunks) and I mounted 6 spreader lights on the aluminum rail so that it all comes off together. I am not as happy with the lights as I had hoped to be but they work pretty good in 2' or less water. As far as the battery I am with you about the noise so I used 2 6V golf cart batteries. You still get 12V but the amp hrs are much more than a deep cycle 12V battery.
Hope this helps.
12V deepcycle = 110-125 amp hrs
6V X 2 = 450-500 amp hrs.[/q

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